Martian Memorandum is the sequel to Mean Streets. Six years have found the private investigator Tex Murphy broke, down on his luck, and seriously in need of a new case. He gets a call from Marshall Alexander, a business tycoon who owns most of the industry on Mars. It seems his daughter Alexis has run away from home, and taken "something else" with her. Marshall won't say what that something else is, but he is willing to pay handsomely to get it (and his daughter) back.

Unlike its predecessor, the game contains only adventure gameplay, removing flight simulation and action sequences. Basic gameplay mechanics are very similar to those of the first game, placing interrogation and choices above object-based puzzles. Verb commands are used to interact with the environment, while interrogating suspects usually involves selecting conversation options. Making a wrong choice may sometimes prematurely end the game or render it unwinnable.

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Solid and technologically impressive, but overshadowed by later episodes	YID YANG (162395)
Monkey Island meets Sam Spade.	Sam Hardy (76)	unrated
So this is what Mars looks like	Katakis (37454)
Those streets don't look so mean no more...	Zovni (9427)
Tex is back!	Toka (16)

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The Press Says

Just Games Retro	May 26, 2008	81 out of 100	81
GameZebo	Jul 06, 2009		80
Techtite	2000		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	Jan 07, 1998	4 out of 5	80
Adventure Gamers	May 19, 2002		70
Power Play	Dec, 1991	53 out of 100	53

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Trivia

Martian Memorandum marked the last Tex Murphy game where the principle designer, Chris Jones, stayed behind the scenes. In the next three games, Chris Jones is also the actor that plays Tex Murphy.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Eurythmic (2613) on Aug 16, 1999.